Category: The Mountain Medic

Ok, this video makes me cringe. Now that I’ve got that out-of-the-way, happy Wednesday! That means its time, once again, for “What Would You Do?” Wednesday, where I give you a virtual patient through the magic of YouTube, and you tell me how you’d manage it. Today, our patient is a kayaker. It seems he

Bambi is out to get you! Several days ago I posted a video showing a cyclist and a deer having an unfortunate encounter. I have to say, I’m used to dealing with cars hitting deer, not the other way around! If you haven’t had a chance to watch the video and think about your

Howdy folks, and welcome to another edition of “What Would You Do?” Wednesday, where I tap into the great online repository of medical case studies (aka, YouTube) and give you a scenario. You then get to watch the video, and think through your management of the patient’s potential injuries. High-speed mechanism is way less common

(That means Super Important). Happy Sunday! I’m thinking about airway management today, and I wanted to take a moment to share a video that’s been helpful to me. This video may be more helpful to the front country EMS folks, specifically those that find themselves intubating, than the wildmed crowd, but take it in the

Happy Wednesday! I’m making a triumphal return to blogging, and as its a Wednesday, I decided to start with a “What Would You Do” Wednesday. If you’re fuzzy on how we play this games, I’ll review. I post a video from the giant, open-source online training tool we call YouTube, and you tell me how

Happy Valentines day! I find people fall into two categories; you either love Valentines Day because you’re sentimental, or you feel Valentines Day is a commercial holiday foisted upon society by card companies to increase sales. I find myself in a third category; I generally work on Valentines Day, and my wife and I have

Wilderness medicine Twitter has been blowing up today about an ill-advised post Slate put out. Slate argues that backpackers don’t have to filter their drinking water prior to consumption after all, but that clean, fresh water should be safe in its natural form. There’s only one problem with this; its not true. As has been

Still working on learning how waving this rod in the air attracts fish! On Wednesday, I put up a video scenario and invited you to consider what you would do. I have to admit, this injury makes my skin crawl just a little. Taking a fishhook anywhere is terrible; taking one through the upper lip

The New Year is customarily the time of year in which people make resolutions for self-improvement. One of mine was to blog more regularly. What I did not count on, however, was how busy January would be. I spent 10 days in Florida teaching a WFR course, came home for a week, then headed out

It feels like Dr. Seth Hawkins is all over my twitter and Facebook feeds lately. I’m not complaining; he’s doing some absolutely fascinating things. If you don’t know who Dr. Hawkins is, he’s an emergency physician at Catawba Valley Medical Center in North Carolina, and is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Wake Forest